“Among the evidence that [mobster turned FBI informant Greg] Scarpa [Jr.] had pulled out of [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef was the presence of four of Yousef’s ‘people’ in New York City; evidence of possible al Qaeda involvement in the June [25] 1996 Khobar Towers bombing [in Saudi Arabia]; and evidence of a bin […]
6/25/1996
“The 9/11 Commission concluded that ‘Al Qaeda…may…have played a ‘yet unknown role’ in aiding Hezbollah militants in the [June 25] 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers [in Saudi Arabia].” – Peter Lance, Triple Cross, Page 238 […]
6/25/1996
“On June 25, 1996, nineteen Americans were killed when a truck bomb ripped open the Khobar Towers complex in Saudi Arabia. The perpetrators were later identified by the FBI as Iranian Hezbollah members, but days after the bombing [World Trade Center bomber Ramzi] Yousef told [mobster turned FBI informant Greg] Scarpa [Jr.] that ‘BOJINGA’ (that […]
6/25/1996
“On June 25, 1996, a truck bomb with 5,000 pounds of explosives rocked the Khobar Towers military housing complex in Dharhan, Saudi Arabia, killing dozens of people, including 19 American soldiers, and wounding more than 500 others. …Again, bin Laden was suspected.” – Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud, Page 173 […]
6/25/1996
On June 25, 1996, a “catastrophic explosion [occurred] in Saudi Arabia, at the Khobar Towers military-housing complex in Dhahran. The building served as the barracks for the 4404th Airlift Wing, which was enforcing the no-fly zone in Iraq. Nineteen American soldiers had died and nearly four hundred other people were injured. …The disaster site was […]
6/25/1996
On June 25, 1996, “A large truck bomb devastates the US military residence in Dhahran [Saudi Arabia] called Khobar Towers, killing 19 servicemen. The US military initially linked bin Laden to the attack but now believe a Saudi Shiite group was responsible. …U.S. investigators still believe bin Laden was somehow involved.” – “Hunting Bin Laden; […]
6/21/1996
From June 21-23, 1996, “a three-day terrorist summit was held in Tehran [Iran]. The Iranians hosted it to transform its client terror network, Hezbollah, into the vanguard of the radical Islamic movement. …During that conference, it was announced that there would be increased attacks against U.S. interests, especially in the Persian Gulf region. And to […]
6/15/1996
Journalist Abdel Bari Atwan wrote: “By the time bin Laden arrived [in Afghanistan] in May 1996, the Taliban had strongholds in many parts of the country. He told me that he spent some time assessing the situation and approved of the Taliban: they appeared to be free of corruption and had faithfully implemented shari’ah law. […]
6/15/1996
“In [June] 1996, Saddam’s security service penetrated a group of CIA-supported former Iraqi officers plotting a coup, and some 120 former Iraqi officers were executed.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] – Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack, Page 70 […]
6/6/1996
In her June 6, 1996, testimony before the Senate Committee on New Eastern and South Asia Affairs, Assistant Secretary for South Asia Robin Raphel said Afghanistan ” ‘has become a conduit for drugs, crime, and terrorism that can undermine Pakistan [and] the neighboring Central Asian states and have an impact beyond Europe and Russia,’… She […]